#BFB8A1#BFB8A1

#BFB8A1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.033 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8A1
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(46, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 15.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -1.43, 12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 12.66, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0017 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.033 93)
XYZ	xyz(45.0589, 47.9312, 40.5893)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8A1 #A1A8BF

analogous

#BFA9A1 #BFB8A1 #B7BFA1

triadic

#BFB8A1 #A1BFB8 #B8A1BF

tetradic

#BFB8A1 #A1BFA9 #A1A8BF #BFA1B7

square

#BFB8A1 #A1BFA9 #A1A8BF #BFA1B7

split-complementary

#BFB8A1 #A1B7BF #A9A1BF

monochromatic

#897E5D #A69C7D #BFB8A1 #D8D4C5 #F1EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFB8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BFB8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8A1

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8A1	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.033 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdbc',
    500: '#bfb8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8a1;
$custom-light: #d2cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78212,
    "c": 0.03261,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.47931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8A1

secondary

#DADCE2

accent

#5C9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8A1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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